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Registration, tickets and the cap

Getting Into the Park

Komodo National Park runs on a visitor cap and mandatory registration, and your ticket is valid for one printed date. In peak season the park sells out before the boats do.

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The Komodo National Park entrance sign at Loh Buaya, Rinca Island
365,000/yr
Visitor cap across Komodo National Park
40–50 / 20–25USD
Dated ticket per visitor for International / Indonesian
1date
Each ticket is valid only for the day printed on it
74days
Median booking lead — clears ticketing comfortably

In short

Entry to Komodo National Park runs under an annual visitor cap with mandatory registration: every visitor is registered by name before entry, the ticket is dated and valid only for that day, and international visitors pay around USD 40–50 per person, while Indonesian visitors pay approximately USD 20–25, with the ticket arranged by your operator before you sail.

  • Registration is not optional and there is no reliable walk-up route in peak season.
  • August 2026 dates sold out before August began. Park access, not boat supply, was the constraint.
  • Passengers are ticketed individually. A chartered yacht does not enter as one unit.
  • Lock your sailing dates before ticketing — a dated ticket does not move with you.
A Komodo dragon on the shore of Komodo National Park at dusk

The fee table

What you pay, and what it covers

In IDR, per person unless stated. These are park charges collected under government regulation, not our margin.

International visitor · USD 40–50

A dated Komodo National Park ticket costs approximately USD 40–50 for international visitors and USD 20–25 for Indonesian visitors, valid for the date printed on the ticket.

Indonesian visitor · USD 20–25

The domestic ticket is approximately USD 20–25 per Indonesian visitor, with the same ticket covering trekking, wildlife observation, and snorkelling in the park.

The two headline numbers

You will see IDR 250,000 quoted as well. That is the statutory base entrance line in the regulation; IDR 700,000 is the dated ticket actually issued at the gate, bundling the base line with the ranger and trekking access. Quote the higher one and there is no surprise.

Diver surcharge · ±25,000/day

On top of the entrance ticket, per diver per day. Amounts vary slightly between operators, so confirm the current figure when you book your dives rather than assuming.

Harbour fee · ±25,000/day

Charged separately again where your route uses a park harbour. Small, and worth knowing about so it does not read as an add-on later.

Vessel entry ticket

Charged per boat by engine capacity rather than per guest. On an organised charter it is absorbed into trip handling and never billed to you at the jetty.

Why there is a cap at all

Komodo National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site protecting the last wild population of Komodo dragons and some of the richest reef in the Coral Triangle. Visitor numbers rebounded hard after 2023, and the park authority moved from open entry to managed capacity: a ceiling on how many people enter across a year, and named registration so the ceiling can actually be counted.

The practical consequence for you is a change in what you are competing for. It used to be the boat. Now, in the peak weeks, it is the park — and those two things sell on different clocks. A vessel can be free on your dates while the park is not, and an operator who confirms a charter without your park tickets in hand has sold you a boat rather than a trip.

This is also why we ask for passport details early rather than politely. Registration is by name, and a name we do not have on the day is a person who does not enter.

Phinisi yachts at anchor below the hills of Komodo Island

How it actually gets done

Your ticket, from booking to the ranger station

Four stages. Only the second one asks anything of you.

  1. Dates are fixed first

    Tickets are dated, so ticketing follows the sailing date rather than the other way round. This is the one part of the sequence that cannot be reordered — changing dates after ticketing means re-ticketing.

  2. You send passport copies

    Registration is by name, with passport details for international guests. Send them as soon as the deposit clears rather than in the final fortnight; the median guest books 74 days out, which clears ticketing comfortably, and a late passport is the thing that makes it tight.

  3. We lodge the registration

    Tickets are obtained through the official channel, accredited agents in Labuan Bajo, or the park visitor centre. Gate purchase on the day exists but is subject to availability, which in peak season is not a plan. You receive confirmation of the registered dates.

  4. You present at the station

    At Loh Liang on Komodo Island or Loh Buaya on Rinca, depending on the route. From there a ranger takes over: the escort is mandatory in dragon habitat and it is already inside the ticket you hold.

If your preferred date is unavailable, the honest options are to move the park day within your sailing dates, substitute the other ranger station, or move the departure. We will tell you which is possible before you commit, not after.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is the Komodo park fee?
The Komodo National Park ticket is a dated ticket valid for the day printed on it, costing approximately USD 40–50 per international visitor and USD 20–25 per Indonesian visitor.
Do liveaboard passengers need individual registration?
Yes. Registration is by name and every passenger is counted individually — a chartered yacht does not enter as a single unit. A full-boat charter of ten guests needs ten registrations for each park day. We submit them from your manifest; you provide passport copies.
You may see the registration system named. Which is it?
Names circulate for the park's online registration and e-ticketing route, and we would rather not put one in print that we cannot source to the park authority. What is confirmed, and what actually affects your booking: registration is mandatory, tickets are dated, and we lodge yours before you sail.
What if my dates are already full?
No operator can add you to a full date. The realistic moves are to shift the park day within your sailing dates, use the alternative ranger station, or move the departure to the nearest open date. We check availability before taking a deposit specifically so this conversation happens early.
Will the fees change in 2027?
No official change had been announced at the time of writing, and ministry signals in late 2025 pointed to fees holding at current levels through 2026. We quote the figure that is current on the day you book and re-check before your balance falls due.
Is the park fee included in my trip price?
No. Park entrance and activity tickets are charged separately from the sailing under park rules, and we itemise them rather than folding them into a headline figure. The vessel's own entry ticket is the exception — that one is handled per boat and never appears on your bill.

Plan around it

Check the park before you book the boat

Send your dates and headcount. We will come back on both constraints at once — what the park has open and what is free on the water — so you are never holding one without the other.

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